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Pate de verre [3] – a paste of ground or crushed glass, and the technique of casting this material into a mold; also applied to a more general range of cast-glass objects. Prunt – a small blob of glass fused to a piece of glass, often impressed with a pattern or stamp; Punty – occasionally pontil, a solid metal rod, around 5 feet long ...
A classic 20-facet Soviet table-glass, produced in the city of Gus-Khrustalny since 1943. Tumblers are flat-bottomed drinking glasses. Collins glass, for a tall mixed drink. [5] Dizzy cocktail glass, a glass with a wide, shallow bowl, comparable to a normal cocktail glass but without the stem; Faceted glass or granyonyi stakan
Pages in category "Aluminum objects" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aluminium bottle;
A mirror reflecting the image of a vase A first-surface mirror coated with aluminium and enhanced with dielectric coatings. The angle of the incident light (represented by both the light in the mirror and the shadow behind it) exactly matches the angle of reflection (the reflected light shining on the table). 4.5-metre (15 ft)-tall acoustic mirror near Kilnsea Grange, East Yorkshire, UK, from ...
Glass can be coloured by adding metal salts or painted and printed with vitreous enamels, leading to its use in stained glass windows and other glass art objects. The refractive , reflective and transmission properties of glass make glass suitable for manufacturing optical lenses , prisms , and optoelectronics materials.
Collectors and dealers may use the word vintage to describe older collectables that are too young to be called antiques, [3] including Art Deco and Art Nouveau items, Carnival and Depression glass, etc. Items which were once everyday objects but may now be collectable, as almost all examples produced have been destroyed or discarded, are called ...
Roman glass cup from a grave in Emona (present Ljubljana). Glass art refers to individual works of art that are substantially or wholly made of glass.It ranges in size from monumental works and installation pieces to wall hangings and windows, to works of art made in studios and factories, including glass jewelry and tableware.
An assemblage is a sculpture constructed from found objects. Typically an assemblage does not disguise the original objects used, rather it either tries to show them in a new light, or forms a figurative sculpture from the collection of shapes.